Meanwhile, Jiang Chen, Xie Qiu, Luo Cheng, Xue Gang, and the others led their men in pressing the rebel army from the flank.
"Xie Qiu, I lost to you on the Tiger Ranking, but I won't lose on the battlefield!"
Jiang Chen swung his saber like the wind, cutting down several rebel colonels in succession.
"Haha, Brother Jiang, we'll see about that."
Xie Qiu's bright silver spear struck like the wind, knocking two rebel colonels from their horses.
Just then, chaos suddenly erupted in the rebel army's center.
The two looked toward the center and saw Zhao Feng hoisting Zhou Hu's corpse high.
"Your commander is dead! Surrender at once!" His voice thundered, carried far and wide by his Astral Qi.
An uproar swept through the rebels, and their formation fell into chaos.
"Don't believe that running dog's nonsense! General Zhou isn't dead!"
The deputy general commanding the vanguard shouted.
"Kill them!"
The deputy general resolved to mobilize the vanguard and kill Jiang Chen and Xie Qiu at any cost, escorting the convoy out through the fighting. Even if their commander was dead, they would escape punishment as long as they protected the provisions!
The rebel vanguard immediately swarmed forward, separating and surrounding Jiang Chen, Xie Qiu, and their Martial Suppression Guards.
Jiang Chen was surrounded beside a massive boulder at the valley entrance. His long saber was drenched in blood, and several slashes rent his robes. Three rebel colonels closed in with long sabers, their blades raising a biting, icy wind. Jiang Chen sidestepped and thrust his saber forward, piercing the throat of the leftmost colonel with pinpoint accuracy. The man collapsed with a muffled groan.
Another colonel seized the opening to slash at his back. Jiang Chen pushed off with his toes, spun in midair, and swept his